온달(A Full Moon)-완성
온달(A Full Moon)
-엘리엇 킴
달이 지기 전에,
온달이 지기 전에,
아침 이슬 맺을 때까지.
'fore the moon falls,
'fore a full moon falls,
till morning dews form.
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* 비연사(非戀事)의 시 * 온달: 보름달
Ondahl (A Full Moon)
-Elliot Kim
‘Fore a full moon sets,
before a full moon sets,
until dewdrops form at dawn -
(in early 2000)
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* 'Dahl' in Korean means the moon.
A full moon is called 'boreum dahl' in Korea. 'boreum' means the 15th day of one month in lunar calendar. In this poem I used the word 'ondahl' instead of 'boreumdahl'. 'on' in 'ondahl' means 'full'.